Sunday, 25 September 2011

Giveaway! 'Ganymede' (Cherie Priest)

I haven't read a single thing by Cherie Priest (I know...) and am planning to address this matter very soon through a couple of her books that have landed on the reading pile just recently. One of these books (and probably the first one that I'll pick up) is her latest 'Clockwork Century' novel, 'Ganymede'. Check out the blurb...

The air pirate Andan Cly is going straight. Well, straighter. Although he’s happy to run alcohol and guns wherever the money’s good, he’s not sure the world needs more sap, or its increasingly ugly side effects. But reforming is easier said than done: the captain’s first legal gig will be paid for by sap money, because the Seattle Underground is in dire need of supplies.

New Orleans is not Cly’s first pick for a shopping run. He loved the Big Easy once, back when he likewise loved a beautiful mixed-race prostitute named Josephine Early, but that was a decade ago. He’s still on Jo’s mind, he learns when she sends him a telegram about a peculiar piloting job. It’s a chance to complete two lucrative jobs at once. He sends his old paramour a note and heads for New Orleans, with no idea of what he’s in for—or what she wants him to fly.

But he won’t be flying. Not exactly. Hidden at the bottom of Lake Pontchartrain lurks an astonishing war machine, an immense submersible called the Ganymede. This prototype could end the war, if only anyone had the faintest idea of how to operate it….if only they could sneak it past the Southern forces at the mouth of the Mississippi River….if only it hadn’t killed most of the men who’d ever set foot inside it.

Now the only question is whether Cly and his crew will end up in the history books, or at the bottom of the ocean.

How do you fancy winning a copy of 'Ganymede'? Thanks to the nice people at Tor, I have one copy to give away to one lucky reader (I'm afraid this competition is only open to US residents though); will it be you?

Entering is really simple. All you need to do is drop me an email (address at the top right hand side of the screen) telling me who you are and what your postal address is. The subject header needs to be 'Ganymede'.

I'll leave this one open until October 2nd and will aim to announce the winner as soon as possible afterwards.